E.D. Tex. — Judge Rodney Gilstrap: Chambers procedures — TX · BenchPath

E.D. Tex. — Judge Rodney Gilstrap: Chambers procedures

High confidence· verified September 26, 2026Judge PreferencesUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, procedures published by Judge Rodney Gilstrap (EXEMPTION ORDER TO LOCAL RULE CV-5(a)(9) RE COURTESY PAPER COPIES OF ELECTRONICA; FIRST AMENDED STANDING ORDER ON MOTIONS IN LIMINE IN NON-PATENT CIVIL CASES; SECOND AMENDED STANDING ORDER ON MOTIONS IN LIMINE IN CASES INVOLVING ALLEGATION; STANDING ORDER ON THE NUMBER OF MOTIONS TO STRIKE EXPERT TESTIMONY (INCLUDING DA; STANDING ORDER REGARDING BILLS OF COSTS (Marshall Division); STANDING ORDER REGARDING MOCK JURIES FOR CASES ASSIGNED TO JUDGE RODNEY GILSTRAP; STANDING ORDER REGARDING MOTIONS UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 101 AND ACCOMPANYING CERTIFIC; STANDING ORDER REGARDING PARTICIPATION OF LOCAL COUNSEL IN MEDIATION EFFORTS (Re; STANDING ORDER REGARDING PRETRIAL PROCEDURES IN CONSOLIDATED CASES (Marshall Div; STANDING ORDER REGARDING PROTECTION OF PROPRIETARY AND/OR CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATI; STANDING ORDER REGARDING READINESS FOR SCHEDULING CONFERENCE (Marshall Division); STANDING ORDER REGARDING SUBJECT MATTER ELIGIBILITY CONTENTIONS APPLICABLE TO AL; STANDING ORDER REGARDING THE USE OF LIVE TESTIMONY DURING CLAIM CONSTRUCTION PRO; STANDING ORDER REGARDING TOTAL PAGE LIMITS FOR DAUBERT MOTIONS AND MOTIONS TO ST; STANDING ORDER REGARDING USE OF JUROR QUESTIONNAIRES IN ADVANCE OF VOIR DIRE (Re; STANDING ORDER REGARDING “MEET AND CONFER” OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO DISCOVERY DIS) — sha256-hashed 2026-09-26

Summary

51 verbatim chambers requirements from Judge Rodney Gilstrap's published procedures (chambers procedures).

Applies to

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas — Judge Rodney Gilstrap's cases only. Chambers procedures change without notice; the judge's own published document controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Source of truth

The Plaintiff shall also specify the nature of each theory of infringement, including under which subsections of 35 U.S.C. § 271 it alleges infringement, and whether the Plaintiff alleges divided infringement or infringement under the doctrine of equivalents.

Official source: E.D. Tex. — Rules & Orders (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 4, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: September 26, 2026benchpath-judge-procedures-federal-tx-2026-09-26

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-26 from what the judge's own official page (https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/?q=judge/district-judge-rodney-gilstrap) and the court's procedure pages publish for the judge: https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/9.21.2022%20Standing%20Order%20Re%20Consolidated%20Cases.pdf (sha256 4f6fecf335e3, pdf, 1 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/12-20-11%20Standing%20Order%20%20re%20Readiness%20for%20Scheduling%20Conference.pdf (sha256 108e98c82649, pdf, 1 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/Standing_Order_Exempting_Courtesy_Copies_%28JRG_signed%29_12-06-2013.pdf (sha256 c1ff8c08c7ff, pdf, 1 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/STANDING_ORDER_FOR_FEES_AND_COSTS.pdf (sha256 a48f2832c75a, pdf, 5 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/Standing_Order_--_Testimony_in_Claim_Construction_Proceedings.pdf (sha256 badbca55e46a, pdf, 2 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/Standing_Order_Regarding_Motions_Under_35_USC_101.pdf (sha256 05456f1f0e77, pdf, 3 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/RG%20-%20Standing_Order_--_Mock_Juries_0.pdf (sha256 01fec3321c53, pdf, 2 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/2016-06-02_Standing_Order_Regarding_Protection_of_Proprietary_Information.pdf (sha256 5e8f460a6387, scanned PDF without a reliable text layer, 4 pages, transcribed by eye from the page images in two passes, 0 second-pass corrections); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/Standing%20Order%20Regarding%20Meet%20and%20Confer%20Obligations%20for%20Discovery%20Dispute.pdf (sha256 f2a421d968d0, pdf, 3 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/Standing%20Order%20--%20Local%20Counsel%20Mediation%20Involvement%20%28Kecia%20C%29.pdf (sha256 30f0e8bd67f4, pdf, 2 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/EDTX%20Standing%20Order%20Re%20Subject%20Matter%20Eligibility%20Contentions%20.pdf (sha256 204cf9e2699c, pdf, 2 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/Standing%20Order%20Regarding%20the%20Use%20of%20Juror%20Questionnaires%20in%20Advance%20of%20Voir%20Dire%20rev.%203.21.pdf (sha256 ed17590a9f81, pdf, 7 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/12.23.25%20Second%20Amended%20Patent%20Standing%20Limine%20Order.pdf (sha256 e99deb8ec237, pdf, 4 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/8.22.25%20First%20Amended%20Non-Patent%20Standing%20Limine%20Order.pdf (sha256 fd5db55a73cd, pdf, 3 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/Standing%20Order%20re%20Number%20of%20Motions%20to%20Strike.pdf (sha256 3b4b85256b27, pdf, 2 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/Standing%20Order%20Regarding%20Page%20Limits%20for%20Motions%20to%20Strike%20%5BREVISED%5D.pdf (sha256 557115212d6c, pdf, 2 pages). Whole sentences with mandatory language, verbatim, whitespace normalised only; grouped by topic as the Florida federal lane (2026-09-14). Custody: BenchPath's private custody store. Documents without a reliable text layer were transcribed by eye from their page images (vision lane, two passes; BenchPath's private custody store); a sentence with any illegible word is not published. Corrected 2026-09-26: the Texas lane's extractor had published a sentence cut at a semicolon (a list stem with only its first item, or a clause whose sentence continued) or a recital; such a sentence now publishes whole -- through the end of the enumeration, verbatim -- or not at all. Regrouped 2026-09-26: the topic map's Mediation pattern matched 'mediate' inside words such as 'immediately', 'intermediate' and 'remediation', so sentences using those words were filed under Mediation & settlement; it now matches whole words only. The sentences are unchanged; only their topic page changed.